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(4) Certified noxious-weed-free believes itself to be culturally affiliated History and Description of the Remains compressed forage bales are identified with the human remains and associated Between 1926 and 1932, human by strapping/binding material funerary objects may contact the Denver remains representing a minimum of two authorized by NAWMA with the same Museum of Nature & Science. individuals were removed from a burial color and marking requirements on Repatriation of the human remains and context at the Keller Site (a burial products certified by other NAWMA associated funerary objects to the Indian component of the Washington Boro approved agencies. tribes stated below may occur if no Village Site), in Lancaster County, PA, (5) Certified noxious-weed-free forage additional claimants come forward. by Gerald B. Fenstermaker. On in bags is identified by a stamp, sticker, DATES: Representatives of any Indian December 15, 1965, Francis and Mary or printing on the bag identifying it as tribe that believes it has a cultural Crane purchased the human remains as certified forage. affiliation with the human remains and a part of a larger collection from Mr. (6) The following persons/activities associated funerary objects should Fenstermaker. At the time of the are exempt from these supplementary contact the Denver Museum of Nature & purchase, the human remains were on rules: Science at the address below by August loan to the Hershey Museum, in (a) Any person with a permit or letter 22, 2011. Hershey, PA, where they remained until signed by a BLM authorized officer ADDRESSES: Chip Colwell- they were collected by the Cranes on specifically authorizing the prohibited Chanthaphonh, Denver Museum of October 18, 1966. In 1983, the Cranes act, such as an authorized livestock Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., donated the human remains to the permittee during an emergency situation Denver, CO 80204, telephone (303) 370– Denver Museum of Natural History, as in which livestock must be fed 6378. the museum was then called, and the uncertified forage or hay for a short SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is remains were accessioned into the period of time until they can be moved here given in accordance with the collections (DMNS catalogue numbers to safety; and Native American Graves Protection and AC.9471 and AC.9542). The human (b) Any person transporting hay or Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. remains are represented by one corked forage across public lands from private 3003, of the completion of an inventory vial of cut hair and ten teeth. Through property to private property. of human remains and associated research and consultation, it was (7) Any person who knowingly and funerary objects in the possession of the determined that the hair and teeth are willfully violates the provisions of these Denver Museum of Nature & Science, human remains under NAGPRA. The supplementary rules on or after Denver, CO. The human remains and human remains were originally September 19, 2011 may be required to associated funerary objects were determined to be culturally appear before a United States Magistrate removed from Lancaster County, PA. unidentifiable, but have been and may be subject to a fine of not more This notice is published as part of the subsequently culturally affiliated. No than $1,000 or imprisonment of not National Park Service’s administrative known individuals were identified. The more than 12 months, or both, in responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 four associated funerary objects are one accordance with 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in corked vial of white paint (AC.9472); 43 CFR 8360.0–7. this notice are the sole responsibility of one corked vial of red paint (AC.9473); Such violations may also be subject to the museum, institution, or Federal a double-necked ceramic jar (AC.9474); enhanced fines provided for by 18 agency that has control of the Native and one necklace, which is made from U.S.C. 3571. American human remains and red, white, blue, and black trade beads, Steven A. Ellis, associated funerary objects. The four copper bells, two tubular copper Idaho State Director, Bureau of Land National Park Service is not responsible beads, one bear tooth, and one scoop Management. for the determinations in this notice. spoon made from a brass kettle [FR Doc. 2011–18336 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] (AC.9542). Consultation Between 1926 and 1935, human BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P A detailed assessment of the human remains representing a minimum of one remains was made by the Denver individual were removed from a burial DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Museum of Nature & Science context in Pennsylvania by Gerald B. professional staff in consultation with Fenstermaker. Based on museum National Park Service representatives of the Absentee- records, Mr. Fenstermaker’s collection Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; history, and the associated funerary [2253–665] Cayuga Nation of New York; Delaware objects, dating to the Contact period, it Notice of Inventory Completion: Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of is likely that these human remains were Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee removed from the Washington Boro Denver, CO Tribe of Oklahoma; Oneida Nation of Village Site, in Lancaster County, PA. New York; Oneida Tribe of Indians of On December 15, 1965, the Cranes also AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation of New purchased these human remains from ACTION: Notice. York; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New Mr. Fenstermaker. In 1983, the Cranes York; Seneca Nation of New York; donated the human remains to the SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; museum and the remains were Nature & Science has completed an Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Stockbridge accessioned into the collections inventory of human remains and Munsee Community, Wisconsin; (AC.9812A). The human remains are associated funerary objects, in Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians; represented by five teeth. Through consultation with the appropriate Tuscarora Nation of New York; and the research and consultation, it was Indian tribes, and has determined that Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on determined that the teeth are human there is a cultural affiliation between the Burial Rules and Regulations, a non- remains under NAGPRA. The human human remains and associated funerary Federally recognized Indian remains were originally determined to objects and present-day Indian tribes. organization for the purposes of be culturally unidentifiable, but have Representatives of any Indian tribe that NAGPRA. been subsequently culturally affiliated.

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No known individual was identified. Haudenosaunee, but convincingly York; Oneida Nation of New York; The 31 associated funerary objects are suggests that by the late 1600s, the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; 19 arrow points, 1 musket ball, 7 elk Susquehannock freely allowed Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk teeth, 1 bag of copper and iron themselves to be adopted into the Tribe, New York; Seneca Nation of New fragments, 1 bag of animal bone Haudenosaunee. Expert opinion, as York; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of fragments, 1 shell disk bead, and 1 red constituted by the NAGPRA Review Oklahoma; Tonawanda Band of Seneca trade bead (AC.9812B). Committee, further supports a Indians; and the Tuscarora Nation of Based on physical analysis and determination that the Haudenosaunee New York, may proceed after that date catalogue records, the human remains and Susquehannock are culturally if no additional claimants come are determined to be Native American. affiliated under NAGPRA. In summary, forward. Archeological evidence suggests that the six lines of evidence support cultural The Denver Museum of Nature & Washington Boro Village Site and burial affiliation (geographical, archaeological, Science is responsible for notifying the components, including the Keller Site, anthropological, oral tradition, Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of date to approximately A.D. 1600–1625. historical evidence, and expert opinion) Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation of New York; Archeological evidence and historical and two lines strongly support cultural Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware documentation show that the affiliation (kinship and linguistics). One Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern Washington Boro Village Site was line of evidence is indeterminate Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Oneida occupied by the Susquehannock. (biology), and one line of evidence is Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of While the biological record is neutral consistent with cultural affiliation Indians of Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation regarding cultural affiliation, the (folklore). Therefore, the museum of New York; Saint Regis Mohawk Susquehannock likely shared a reasonably believes that there is a Tribe, New York; Seneca Nation of New geographical affinity with the shared group identity between the York; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Haudenosaunee, as evidenced by shared Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; ancestral lands in New York, common Susquehannock people who occupied Stockbridge Munsee Community, land use during the 1600s, and, starting Lancaster County, PA, at the Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca in the 1700s, Haudenosaunee claims to Washington Boro Village Site. Indians; Tuscarora Nation of New York; the former territory of the and the Haudenosaunee Standing Susquehannock. Furthermore, the Determinations Made by the Denver Committee on Burial Rules and Susquehannock shared kinship with the Museum of Nature & Science Regulations, a non-Federally recognized Haudenosaunee through similar clan Officials of the Denver Museum of Indian organization for the purposes of systems, adoption, intermarriage, and Nature & Science have determined that: NAGPRA, that this notice has been burial practices. Current archeological • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the published. evidence suggests that the human remains described above Susquehannock and Haudenosaunee represent the physical remains of three Dated: July 14, 2011. were descended from the same proto- individuals of Native American Sherry Hutt, Iroquoian culture. Around A.D. 1300, ancestry. Manager, National NAGPRA Program. • the Susquehannock split off from that Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), [FR Doc. 2011–18358 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] culture. Settling in Lancaster County, the 35 objects described above are BILLING CODE 4312–50–P PA, the Susquehannock had become a reasonably believed to have been placed distinct group by A.D. 1580. with or near individual human remains Archeological evidence also at the time of death or later as part of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR demonstrates that the Susquehannock the death rite or ceremony. and Haudenosaunee shared a very • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there National Park Service similar material culture tradition across is a relationship of shared group multiple artifact categories. identity that can be reasonably traced [2253–665] For more than a century, between the Native American human anthropologists have consistently remains and associated funerary objects Notice of Inventory Completion: Slater referred to the Susquehannock as an and the Cayuga Nation of New York; Museum of Natural History, University Iroquoian people, and anthropological Oneida Nation of New York; Oneida of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA theories of diaspora and assimilation Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; reasonably explain the incorporation of Onondaga Nation of New York; Saint AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Susquehannock into the Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York; Seneca ACTION: Notice. Haudenosuanee Confederacy in the late Nation of New York; Seneca-Cayuga 1600s and 1700s. Although folkloric Tribe of Oklahoma; Tonawanda Band of SUMMARY: The Slater Museum of Natural evidence is not abundant, nevertheless Seneca Indians; and the Tuscarora History, University of Puget Sound has it is consistent with a conclusion of Nation of New York. completed an inventory of human cultural affiliation. Scholars have remains, in consultation with the conclusively shown that the Additional Requestors and Disposition appropriate Indian tribes, and has Susquehannock language was very Representatives of any other Indian determined that there is no cultural closely related to the other extant tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliation between the human remains Iroquoian languages, which affiliated with the human remains and and any present-day Indian tribe. demonstrates a robust interrelationship associated funerary objects should Representatives of any Indian tribe that among these peoples. Haudenosaunee contact Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, believes itself to be culturally affiliated oral tradition consistently and Denver Museum of Nature & Science, with the human remains may contact unambiguously expresses a strong 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80204, the Slater Museum of Natural History, cultural and historical affinity for the telephone (303) 370–6378, before University of Puget Sound. Disposition Susquehannock. Historical evidence August 22, 2011. Repatriation of the of the human remains to the Indian indicates a complex relationship human remains and associated funerary tribes stated below may occur if no between the Susquehannock and objects to the Cayuga Nation of New additional requestors come forward.

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